[TheForge] How to carry coal, stock, and tools? (Related to Lightweight Forges)

[Bruce .]

If your load is nothing but "compatible" boxes, it will be compact.
Unfortunately, that's not the case here.  I have to work around load space
and equipment that are not rectangular.  Flexible containers make the most
sense.

I AM thinking of getting metal toolboxes, e.g.,
http://www.harborfreight.com/steel-toolbox-91111.html ,
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Excel-19-1-in-W-x-6-1-in-D-x-6-5-in-H-Portable-Steel-Tool-Box-Red-TB101-Red/203497998,

or
http://www.harborfreight.com/steel-toolbox-97532.html

but that's mainly to protect the tools from sticky fingers, should I have
to leave them overnight at a demo site.  Such a toolbox, filled, might
prove to be the heaviest single piece of equipment in the truck -- but, of
course, it needn't be moved in the full condition.

Bruce
NJ

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Hufford, David <David.Hufford at eku.edu>
wrote:

> There are lots of surplus heavy-duty military wooden boxes available
> (originally for munitions and such).  Rope handles, sometimes with hasps
> you can lock.  Great for transporting and storing tools and stuff.
> David Hufford
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> On 8/9/2015 10:35 AM, Bruce . wrote:
> > Tying stock with wire might be a good idea.  I may give it a try.
> >
> > Buckets are fine for carrying coal, but they're rigid and it's hard to
> fit
> > a lot of rigid objects into a small truck.  Some things MUST be carried
> in
> > rigid containers (like strings of lights, containers of oil or Gojo,
> etc.),
> > but the idea is to minimize the number of rigid containers and fit stuff
> > into the spaces between them.
> >
> >
> Square wooden boxes then. Minimal dead space between them, but can be
> configured to make slots for things like tools and stock.
> Nice heavy boxes like they used to ship things in in the early 1900's,
> rope handles.
>
> Mike Graf
>
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